‘Canada police was warned about 1985 Air India bombing’
Montreal, May 1 (DPA) Canadian police were tipped off that Sikh separatists could be plotting a terrorist attack against an India-bound flight several months before Air India flight 182 exploded, killing hundreds, a former policeman told an inquiry panel.
The testimony contradicted the official account by Canadian police, who have insisted for more than two decades that security personnel had no idea the attack was coming.
Why Masahun Khatun and 50,000 pregnant women died
By Prachi Salve
Last year, in eastern Bihar’s Phulwari Sharif, 24-year-old Masahun Khatun was five months pregnant when she fell in the courtyard of her...
Australian government bars information on Haneef
By Paritosh Parasher,IANS,
Melbourne : Australia has refused to divulge some parts of a "potentially explosive diplomatic" cable from its high commission in New Delhi about India-born doctor Muhammad Haneef, who was mistakenly detained on terror charges, a media report said.
Haneef, a former Gold Coast registrar, was held in Australia for three weeks in July 2007 after being charged with supporting a terrorist organisation by "recklessly" giving his mobile phone SIM card to people planning bomb attacks in Britain.
CDRO express apprehensions over Army Chief’s statements on Kashmir; terms it as mocking democratic...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO), a coalition of civil and democratic rights organizations from across India, condemned Army...
Mexico tops world rankings for most kidnappings
By IANS/EFE,
Mexico City : Mexico has become the world's No. 1 country for kidnappings with more than 8,000 abductions reported every year, a report said.
The figure, however, does not include the so-called "express" kidnappings, a form of abduction where the victim is released after a few hours, the report by security consulting firm Multisistemas de Seguridad Industrial said.
कश्मीरी नागरिकों के ख़िलाफ़ हिंसा से देश के दुश्मनों को फायदा
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उत्तर प्रदेश में कई सामाजिक संगठनों की बैठक में शामिल सामाजिक कार्यकर्तों द्वारा पुलवामा की घटना पर दुख प्रकट किया. वही पुलवामा की...
CPI-M demands law giving right to farmers to sell at MSP
New Delhi, (IANS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has demanded a law giving farmers right to sell their produce at the Minimum Support...
Manipur Muslim separatist leader arrested in Guwahati
By IANS,
Guwahati : A top separatist leader of Manipur was arrested by security forces in Assam's main city of Guwahati Thursday while on a specific mission to recruit cadres to carry out operations, officials said.
A police spokesperson said the arrested rebel leader Mohammed Raihanuddin is the self-styled commander-in-chief of the outlawed People's United Liberation Front (PULF), a Muslim-based rebel outfit active in Manipur.
MP honoured with “fast emerging state in category of big states” award
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
How a Messi fan in Kerala village became a football journalist in Spain
Jushna Shahin’s passion for the sport made her achieve the unthinkable.
Najiya O | TwoCircles.net
KERALA — Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on...
‘नीतिश-प्रशासन’ अग्नि-परीक्षा में पास, शांतिपूर्ण रहा बेतिया का महावीरी अखाड़ा
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, Twocircles.net,
‘नीतिश-प्रशासन’ ने बिहार के पश्चिम चम्पारण ज़िला के बेतिया शहर में अग्नि-परीक्षा पास की. क्योंकि नागपंचमी के मौक़े पर निकलने वाला...
Congress alleges corruption, seeks resignation by AAP minister
New Delhi : The Congress party on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Delhi's Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain, alleging that his staffer had...
UP CM visits Rampur; launches schemes for minority girl students
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Three Khalistani terrorists arrested, module busted
Chandigarh/Jammu : Punjab Police Monday said it has foiled a joint conspiracy of two Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) and the...
Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan: the monumentalization of Muslim persecution in India
By Anwer Hussain Azad
The construction of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh was a political promise of BJP which is formally coming up as...
Bangladesh navy ship captures pirates
By NNN-BSS
Chittagong(Bangladesh) : Bangladesh Navy Ship NIRBHOY apprehended 18 pirates from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port on Saturday while carrying out routine patrol.
The pirates boarded on a merchant vessel 'BITUMEN GHOURY' using small boats for looting the vessel on her arrival at the outer anchorage, said an ISPR press release Sunday.
On receiving information Bangladesh Navy Ship NIRBHOY carried out an operation and caught red- handed 18 pirates. The pirates were handed over to local police for legal action.
Military: U.S. troops arrest Iranian agent in N Iraq
By Xinhua
Baghdad : The U.S. military said its troops arrested an officer from the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah on Thursday.
"Contrary to recent diplomatic initiatives, this individual has been involved in transporting improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators into Iraq," the military said in a statement.
In Pictures: Septuagenarian Solim Uddin from Assam begs to earn money to fight ‘illegal...
A former detainee from Assam, septuagenarian Solim Uddin walks for several kilometres every day seeking alms and help to raise money to feed himself...
A manifesto with a difference, one that covers all aspects of development: Dr Lubna...
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Dr Lubna Sarwath, Contesting Candidate for Karwan Legislative Assembly, Telangana, Hyderabad, Socialist Party(India) has released the manifesto for her constituency which is a...
Why BJP lost? No anti Gandhi anger to harvest
By Saeed Naqvi ,
Recent by-election reverses for the BJP are early intimations of mortality for the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duet. As a senior BJP...
India Fraternity Forum demands rebuilding of Babri Masjid
By TCN News
Riyadh: On December 6, 2016, twenty-four years after the historic Babri Masjid was destroyed by Sangh Parivar in Ayodhya, India Fraternity Forum...
Eminent Urdu litterateur Qurratulain Haider dead
By IANS
New Delhi : Eminent Urdu fiction writer and Jnanpith Award winner Qurratulain Haider died Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80.
Known for her imaginative and realistic prose, Haider had touched upon the lives of common people through her works like "Aag ka Darya", a historic epic, "Aakhre shab ke Hamsafar" and "Chandni Begum".
New Delhi : Eminent Urdu fiction writer and Jnanpith Award winner Qurratulain Haider died Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80.Known for her imaginative and realistic prose, Haider had touched upon the lives of common people through her works like "Aag ka Darya", a historic epic, "Aakhre shab ke Hamsafar" and "Chandni Begum".
10 militants killed in Afghanistan
By IANS,
Kabul : NATO-led forces during a patrol in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province killed 10 militants, Xinhua reported.
Population by religions in times to come
Insecurity and ghettoisation have made Indian Muslims vulnerable and they have become more susceptible to the influence of conservative maulanas advising against the family planning etc.
By Ram Puniyani,
The PEW Research Centre has released a report (on April 2, 2015), which gives the projections of populations in times to come. It says that in India, the population of Hindus will fall down from present 79.5 % to 76.7% and the Muslim population will rise up to 18% by 2050. The population of Indian Muslims will overtake the population of Muslims in Indonesia and Pakistan.
Modi will win in Varanasi, asserts BJP
Varanasi : BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will win the Varanasi, party leaders said even as the last two days of campaigning in...
Travel restrictions considered as cholera spreads in Iraq
By NNN-IRIN
Baghdad : The Iraqi government will impose travel restrictions in the country if more cases of cholera are confirmed after a warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the disease was spreading in Iraq.
“If we verify more cases of cholera in different areas of Iraq, we will impose travel restrictions to prevent a more serious outbreak. We have already been restricting the movement of food between provinces,” said Lt-Col Seif Abdel-Karim, a senior official in the Ministry of Interior.
Sonia condoles Antulay’s death
New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday condoled the death of party veteran A.R. Antulay, saying he will be remembered for his commitment...
NC, if voted to power, will strengthen Panchayats: Dr Farooq
By News Agency of Kashmir
Bishna (Jammu): National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that if his party is voted to power in the state, it will strengthen Panchayati system by amending the Panchayat Raj Act.
Depressed Sharma complains of breathlessness
By IANS
New Delhi : A day after he was held guilty of plotting the murder of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar, disgraced police officer R.K. Sharma Thursday looked depressed and complained of breathlessness in court.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri was hearing the arguments on the quantum of sentence for Sharma and three others convicted in the 1999 murder here when Sharma spoke about breathlessness.
The judge asked him if he was comfortable in the chamber or did he want to return to the lock up within the court complex.
PM: Israel “very careful” about settlement expansion
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that Israel was being "very careful" with regard to new construction in existing settlement blocs, local Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
During his meeting with representatives of the opposition party Meretz, Olmert talked about the settlement expansion in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa as well as a plan to compensate Jewish settlers in the West Bank who will relocate east of the Green Line.
‘Chaudhry pressurised Pakistan PM for Mercedes’
By IANS
Islamabad : Suspended Pakistan chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's had "pressurised" top officials and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to allot him a Mercedes car, an official has alleged in a counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court.
Pathan brothers earn a rare distinction
By IANS
New Delhi : The Pathan brothers from Baroda, Irfan and Yusuf, Tuesday became the first siblings to represent India in Twenty20 matches.
The duo was Tuesday selected in the 15-member squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September.
Irfan and Yusuf also became the eighth pair of siblings to be selected for India in international cricket -- after a gap of almost 29 years.
Samajwadi Party calls opposition meet to discuss EVMs
Lucknow, (IANS): The Samajwadi Party has called a meeting of opposition parties on Saturday to discuss the "functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs)" and to...
Mullah Omar calls for jehad, defeat of ‘invaders’
Kabul, Aug 19 (DPA) Taliban chief Mullah Omar has called on his fellow Afghans to wage a united jehad or "holy war" on western soldiers in Afghanistan and urged them to prepare the defeat of the "invaders".
That meant that Afghans across the country would have to put aside their tribal, linguistic and regional differences first.
The address, the authenticity of which could not be verified, was posted on the Internet and elsewhere Saturday and comes on the eve of Afghanistan's Independence Day.
Flood alert sounded in Kashmir
Srinagar : A flood alert was sounded in the Valley on Tuesday as Jhelum river crossed the danger mark in Srinagar.
"The water level of...
We don’t support Gau Rakshak violence, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, (IANS): The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it does not support the violence unleashed by vigilante groups in the name...
BSF trooper in police custody for killing Srinagar teenager
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday suspended a trooper and handed him over to the Jammu and Kashmir police after admitting that he was "prima facie" involved in the killing of 16-year-old Zahid Farooq Sheikh here last Friday, an incident that triggered violent protests in the valley.
"Prima facie evidence has proved the involvement of Lakhwinder Kumar, a jawan of 68 battalion of BSF, in the shootout that resulted in the death of Zahid Farooq Sheikh of Nishat here Friday," P.P.S. Sandhu, special director general (DG) BSF, said.
Action against errant police officer in Coimbatore blast case demanded
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Coimbatore: Manitha Neethi Pasarai (MNP), a Tamil Nadu-based human rights organisation, has demanded action against Rathina Sababathy, a deputy commissioner rank official who falsely implicated Muslim youths in the 2006 Coimbatore bomb case.
Source: Abbas to deliver speech about peace conference
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a speech about Annapolis peace conference when he returns to the West Bank, sources at Abbas' office said on Sunday.
The sources did not reveal the date of the public speech. After participating in the U.S.-hosted peace conference which convened on Nov. 27, Abbas visited Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia en route to Ramallah.
Parliament adjourned amid noisy scenes over Babri Masjid
By IANS
New Delhi : Both houses of the Indian parliament witnessed acrimonious scenes Thursday on the 15th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition with Left and other party members stalling the proceedings of both houses that led to repeated adjournments.
The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, which were disrupted as soon as they met in the morning, were adjourned for the second time till 2 p.m.
Mecca Masjid blast: Apology, compensation sought for innocent youths
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Representation of Muslim women in Lok Sabha since Independence
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The newly elected 15th Lok Sabha will see women members in highest number since the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952. Among 59 women Lok Sabha members in the new house there will be three Muslims. This will be the third time in all 15 Lok Sabhas that the number of Muslim women MPs will be three.
Court defers hearing in case against Irom Sharmila
New Delhi : A Delhi court on Monday posted for June 5 the hearing in a case against Manipur activist Irom Sharmila for attempting...
Indian markets closed Friday
By IANS,
Mumbai : Indian equities markets were closed Friday on account of Eid.
Another bomb found in Manipur after Friday blast
Imphal : A powerful bomb weighing 3.5 kg was recovered here on Saturday morning near the place where an explosion on Friday injured one...
Saadiyat Island ranked a ‘hit’ destination of the future
By NNN-WAM
Abu Dhabi : Saadiyat Island, the natural island lying offshore Abu Dhabi city, has been rated among top 10 contenders to become one of the most trendy tourism destinations in the world.
In a research carried out by The Wall Street Journal, one of the world's leading daily business publications, international travel scouts have ranked Saadiyat as a destination that will become a hit in the coming years.
Smoking car bomb found in Times Square
By DPA,
New York : Police evacuated part of Times Square after finding a car bomb in the busy midtown Manhattan district Saturday night.
Officers on the scene confirmed the device was a bomb, comprising propane gas cylinders, two gas cans, wiring, batteries and fireworks.
However, it failed to detonate correctly.
Times Square is one of New York busiest thoroughfares and tourist attractions, and with tens of thousands of people usually in the vicinity on a Saturday night.
US commander says potential Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq has been killed
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : A US Commander in Iraq said on Friday that the Coalition Forces killed last Tuesday a senior al-Qaeda leader who was set to be the new leader of the organisation in Iraq, describing this development as a key success for counter-terrorism effort in Iraq.
Bangladesh may set up ‘Truth Commission’ for businessmen
By NNN-PTI
Dhaka : Bangladesh is planning to enact a law to give legal cover to a 'Truth Commission' to secure confessions from businessmen accused of corruption without putting them on trial.
The planned setting up of the "Truth Commission" comes amid the ongoing campaign against corruption in which many businessmen have been put on trial, triggering panic among the community.
AUDF to go national
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Mumbai: The Eid message released by Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) to its supporters declares party's intention of going national.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, president of AUDF is in Mumbai these days and making plans for repeating his successful experiment of Assam elsewhere in India.
The Eid message released on behalf of Maulana Ajmal and mailed to their supporters talks about their plans to contest next Parliamentary elections from other states too. How many and which are the states is not mentioned.
Discussion on shared history of Indo-Pak at Delhi’s book fair
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Aaghaz-e-Dosti, a cross border initiative for Indo-Pak Friendship organised a session on February 14, on inaugural day of World Book Fair in the national capital at the 'Sahitya Manch' on the theme 'Shared History-Shared Hopes'.
Suspected German terrorist arrested in Kenya
By IANS,
Nairobi : Authorities in Kenya have arrested a German national suspected to be involved in terrorist activities.
Pravin Mahajan dies four years after brother’s killing
By IANS,
Mumbai: Pravin Mahajan, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007 for killing his brother, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, died in a Thane hospital Wednesday evening after remaining three months in coma, family sources said. He was 50.
Pravin Mahajan had been admitted to the hospital following brain haemorrhage and had been in coma since then. He had been put on life support system but failed to recover at the Jupiter Hospital where he was admitted, a close aide of the family said.
Owaisi, Ajmal meet Home Minister over Assam; Govt mulling CBI probe
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
We have nothing on Haneef’s links with Qaeda: police
By IANS
Bangalore : Bangalore Police said Thursday they had no information on Muhammad Haneef's possible links with Al Qaeda as claimed by a section of the Australian media.
Australia's SBS television channel reported Wednesday that an Indian police file on Haneef prepared after his arrest in Brisbane referred to his alleged links with Al Qaeda.
"We have not prepared any such dossier," Bangalore Police Commissioner Neelam Achuta Rao and Joint Commissioner (crime) Gopal Hosur told reporters here.
‘Entire society must come forward to fight fascist forces’
Daya Pawar Memorial Award received by Pratima Joshi and Bhimsen Dethe
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
This year, ‘Padmashri Daya Pawar Smruti Puraskar’ (Padmashri Daya...
Fatah al-Islam terrorists buried in north Lebanon
By Xinhua
Beirut : Lebanese police on Thursday buried the bodies of 98 Fatah al-Islam terrorists in the Ghuraba (strangers) cemetery of the northern city of Tripoli, local Naharnet news website reported.
The bodies, sealed in plastic bags that carried serial numbers, were driven from the Tripoli state-run hospital's morgue to the grave yard in police trucks escorted by army units amidst stringent security arrangements, said the report.
A school in Bihar initiates ‘each child – teach child’ project on International Literacy...
By TCN News,
Jehanabad (Bihar): In order to reach out to those poor children who are keeping away from education due to backwardness of...
मौलाना कल्बे सादिक़ : जिन्हें शिया- सुन्नी एकता के प्रयासों के लिए हमेशा याद...
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Maharashtra: Resignations by Muslim politicians begin to yield results
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Something new and positive is happening in Maharashtra. Frustrated by the non-performance of the Maharashtra government when it comes to Muslim issues, Muslim politicians of ruling Congress and NCP have started to resign from their elected positions.
Auto-rickshaw driver kills passenger for Rs.50
By IANS,
New Delhi : An auto-rickshaw driver here stabbed to death a passenger who accused him of trying to extort an additional fare of Rs.50, police said Wednesday. The accused is on the run.
One killed, 12 injured in Kashmir protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : One person was killed and twelve others injured Friday afternoon when security forces fired at a mob in south Kashmir's Shopian town, the police said.
Indefinite curfew was imposed in the town, 56 km from here.The police here said a group of people turned violent when they came out of the local mosque after offering Friday prayers.
Rohingyas are illegal immigrants not refugees: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, (IANS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Rohingyas, who have entered India after fleeing Myanmar, were not refugees but illegal immigrants...
Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatist-called protests
Srinagar, (IANS): Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city to prevent separatist-called protests post the Friday prayers against civilian killings during gunfights between the...
Kejriwal to start Varanasi campaign Tuesday
New Delhi : AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will begin campaigning against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi from Tuesday, his colleagues said...
MPJ holds dharna in Mumbai demanding Muslim reservation
By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Demanding the implementation of Ranganath Mishra Commission's recommendations for reservation for minorities, Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ) held a dharna on February 13 in Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
Dutt asks Muslim clerics to pray for him
By IANS,
Lucknow : Bollywood star and Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt Monday met prominent Muslim clerics and urged them to pray for him so that he gets the Supreme Court's permission to contest the coming Lok Sabha elections.
"They (Muslim clerics) are my elders. I respect them a lot. I have asked them to pray for me so that I get the permission for contesting the elections," Dutt told reporters.
"I have full faith in the almighty and Supreme Court. Lucknow is mine. I hope to get the permission for contesting the elections," he added.
Zia’s bank accounts frozen in anti-corruption drive
By IANS
Dhaka : Bank accounts of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, her son Arafat Rahman Koko and nine relatives are to be frozen on the directions of the country's National Board of Revenue (NBR), media reports said.
Quoting unnamed sources in the law enforcement agencies, The Daily Star newspaper said the government was readying to file at least three graft cases against Zia and her family members.
Terai rebels abduct official, kill former employee
By IANS
Kathmandu : Making a mockery of the government's pledge to provide security to its employees in the Terai plains after a nationwide backlash following the brutal killing of a municipal official, Nepal's rebels abducted another official Thursday night and killed a former employee.
A band of former Maoists led by Jay Krishna Goit, once one of the top Maoist leader from the plains, Thursday abducted Jagannath Saha, a senior municipal official, from Jankinagar town in south Nepal.
Woman foils robbery bid
By IANS,
New Delhi: A robbery bid at a financial firm was foiled and two people arrested here Saturday after a woman locked the building's gates and collected a huge crowd outside, police said.
Three robbers jumped down from the third floor of the building in Keshavpuram area of northwest Delhi and managed to excape. Two robbers who did not jump were beaten up by the mob and later handed over to police.
Muslim children need better access to school: National Knowledge Commission
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: The National Knowledge Commission(NKC) have recommended reorienting official strategies to ensure that Muslim children have better access to schools.
Taking note of the fact that areas with majority Muslim population are overlooked when it comes to implementation of government schemes, the Commission recommended increase in public expenditure for development of “physical and social infrastructure for schooling.”
Bar to meet to discuss SC affairs
New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will meet here on Saturday to discuss the situation after four senior judges complained about the...
Caste System needs to be revised not the system of reservation
By Manoj Kumar Paras
India is the country of unity in diversity. Close look of Indian society give you more insight on diversity than unity....
Delhi Police file charges for Sep 13 serial blasts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi Police Tuesday filed another charge sheet in one of the five serial bombings in the national capital Dec 13 that left 26 people dead.
The charge sheet accused suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists Mohammed Sajid, who was killed in the Dec 19 Batla House shootout in south Delhi, and Zeeshan Ahmed of planting an improvised explosive device at Barakhamba Road in the Connaught Place, killing at least three people.
Zeeshan is in the custody of the Ahmedabad police.
Int’national Qirat contest postponed as visa not issued to participants
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Maulana Azad scholarship for research scholars from minority communities to stop: Centre
The fellowship for scholars from the minority communities was started during the UPA regime as part of implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations.
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Mysore: Popular Front activists arrested for Udayagiri communal clash
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kochi: Fifteen activists of the Popular Front of India, including the district unit president, were arrested on Monday by the Mysore city police for suspected involvement in the communal clashes which took lives of three.
Nitish Katara murder: Sukhdev Pehalwan gets life term
By IANS,
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the Nitish Katara murder, to life imprisonment.
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Amid chill, Delhi’s homeless rendered sleepless under open skies
By Avleen Anand, Agence India Press,
Kashmir’s hour of destiny has come: separatist leader
By F. Ahmed, IANS,
Srinagar : The Indian government's talk of normalcy, of building roads, bridges and developing tourism in Jammu and Kashmir has proved to be a "mirage", claims a separatist leader, insisting that the "hour of destiny" for Kashmiris has come.
"Please try and understand that the people are now in no mood to give up their right to self-determination," Nayeem Khan, chairman of the separatist National Front and also the provincial president of the moderate Hurriyat group, told IANS Sunday.
Will Congress’ faith in dynastic politics save it in Dima Hasao?
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Haflong: Dima Hasao, the least populated district of Assam, goes to polls on April 4 and like most of the state,...
Indian Muslims’ worries grow due to Al-Qaeda branch establishment; Muslim groups rush to condemn...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In the wake of Al Qaeda’s recent announcement of a dedicated branch of it in the South Asia, many Muslim organizations in India have condemned the move and altogether rejected the statements made in concern with Indian Muslims by Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahari in his 55 minutes video tape released online on early Thursday.
Taliban kill two abducted German engineers
By DPA
Kabul : Taliban Saturday claimed it had killed two kidnapped German engineers after the deadlines for meeting militants' demands expired.
A caller who identified himself as Qari Mohammad Yousef Ahmadi and claimed to be a Taliban spokesman told DPA that the two Germans were shot after the deadline for meeting their demands expired.
The German foreign ministry said they had no independent confirmation of the killings of their two kidnapped nationals.
Suicide bombers kill two Indians in Afghanistan
By IANS
New Delhi/Kabul : At least two engineers from India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were killed and five injured in twin suicide attacks in Afghanistan Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed while condemning the killings.
The attacks took place in Nimroz province of southwest Afghanistan when suicide bombers jumped in front of convoys carrying the Indians, who have been building a road in the area.
Gadkari proposal meaningless, wait for court verdict: Mushawarat
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Responding to a proposal by BJP President Nitin Gadkari that Muslims should give up their claim on Babri Masjid, Mushawarat termed the proposal “meaningless” and said that that national interest demands that both sides await the final judicial verdict and accept it without complain.
Three killed in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and four others injured when a powerful blast rocked Manipur's capital city Imphal Sunday, police said.
"An IED (improvised...
Rs 2.45 crore distributed to destitute, old age pensioners: Sakina
By Agence India Press,
Srinagar: Minister for Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo has underscored need for providing benefits of welfare schemes to the needy persons across the state. She said a purposeful strategy would be evolved for uplifting the socio-economic conditions of the destitutes and asked the concerned authorities to initiate a vigorous campaign for registering all deserving persons for financial assistance through Social Welfare Department.
Prosecutor in Dawood sister’s case withdraws after threats
By IANS
Mumbai : The additional public prosecutor in an extortion case involving Haseena Parkar, the elder sister of India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, Tuesday withdrew from the case after allegedly receiving anonymous threat calls.
Waziristan developments worry Kashmiris
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : Would the Pakistani Army's Zab-e-Azb operations against Islamist militants in North Waziristan impact the security situation in Kashmir? Most locals...
Fact-finding team to Bastar exposes numerous cases of fake encounters, religious persecution and wrongful...
By TCN News,
Raipur: An 8-member fact-finding team of All India People’s Forum, which visited four districts of Bastar, Chhattisgarh between 8-11 June...
Karnataka: Controversy after Hindu groups object to conversion of house into mosque in Belagavi
The Muslim leaders maintain that the property in question belongs to the Waqf board.
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Communal Violence Bill deferred till winter session
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Lucknow: Union government has deferred the proposed Communal Violence Bill (CVB) till winter session. Several Muslim organizations including All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) have lodged strong reservation over certain clause of the proposed CVB. The board will soon hold a meeting of Muslim and other like minded Member of Parliaments (MPs) in Delhi to continue the pressure for withdrawal of the CVB in present format besides inclusion of their suggestions.
Jharkhand’s madrassa, Sanskrit school teachers demand pay hikes
By IANS,
Ranchi : Teachers of madrassas and Sanskrit schools in Jharkhand Tuesday held protests here demanding that the Sixth Pay Commission report, recommending pay hikes for government employees, be implemented for them too.
Hundreds of these teachers under the banner of the Madrassa-Sanskrit Teachers Coordination Committee (MSTCC) took part in the demonstration in front of the Governor's HOuse.
"We are part of the educational system but there is disparity when it comes to us," said Srikant Pandey, president of MSTCC.
Seven injured in Kashmir grenade attacks
By IANS
Srinagar : Seven people, including four paramilitary troopers, were injured in two powerful grenade attacks in north Kashmir's Bandipore district Saturday.
Should communal violence bill be recast?
By Prashant Sood, IANS,
New Delhi : Should the draft bill on communal violence be recast to obviate fears that it will encroach on the rights of states?
Sania and Saina symbols of woman power
By Veturi Srivatsa,
Saina Nehwal has officially been anointed the No.1 woman player in world badminton. Sania Mirza is on the cusp of becoming the top-most in tennis doubles - she is No.3 right now. The two Hyderabadis are the best role models for young Indian women trying to make a mark in today's highly competitive world of sport.
US drone attacks kill 10 militants in Pakistan
By DPA,
Islamabad : At least 10 militants were killed in two attacks by unmanned aircraft in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border Wednesday, security officials said.
Muslim driver’s courage saved lives in Amarnath attack
Srinagar, (IANS): The courage and presence of mind of the Muslim driver from Gujarat who kept driving the Amarnath pilgrim bus even after it was...
Police can disperse 90,000 without fire in Delhi, why not 90 in Forbesganj?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
10 Die, bridges collapse as floods hit Algeria’s M’sila province
By NNN-APS
Batna, Algeria : Torrential rain in east central provinces in Algeria have caused the death of ten people and the collapse of two bridges in the province of M’sila, 250 km southeast of Algiers.
The floods have also affected Batna, 435 km east of Algiers, and disrupted road traffic in Biskra, 400 km south of Algiers.
In the province of M’sila, the rise in water level of the Mesrane River, in S’lim municipality, swept away eight members of the same family who were inside their vehicle.
No logic behind emergency threat: Pakistani media
By IANS
Islamabad : A day after President Pervez Musharraf backed down from his threat to impose an emergency, the Pakistani media Friday said the draconian measure was beyond logic and would only have served as an escapist route for the beleaguered government.
Editorials in the Pakistani media were extremely harsh on the "justifications" being bandied in various quarters on the need for imposing an emergency, saying the measure would have put the country back by a decade and would only "strengthen those very forces and political elements the government is afraid of".
CBI books postal official in disproportionate assets case
By IANS
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday booked a senior official of the Chanakyapuri post office here for allegedly owning wealth exceeding his known sources of income.
Dev Anand, senior superintendent of Chanakyapuri post office, was booked for possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs. 3.3 million after the CBI conducted raids at his office and official residence here.
‘Nothing will be same ever again,’ say residents of Delhi’s Shiv Vihar three years...
In northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar area, most of the Muslim residents are yet to recover from the traumatic episodes of violence and the...
Muslims haven’t availed of constitutional rights: justice Ahmadi
By IANS,
New Delhi : With former Indian chief justice A.M. Ahmadi saying Muslims have let down the constitution by not availing of rights enshrined therein, a book launch event here Saturday turned into an occasion for introspection.
Ahmadi, in his no-nonsense address at the city's India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), urged the gathering of around 50 Muslims drawn from different walks of life to use constitutional rights to their advantage.
Riyadh has never funded extremists: Saudi journalist
Thiruvananthapuram : Saudi Arabia has never knowingly or unknowingly funded extremists, a veteran Saudi journalist said Wednesday.
Saudi Gazette newspaper's chief editor Khaled Al Maeena...
Mumbai terror suspect held near South Africa border?
By IANS,
Johannesburg: Two Pakistanis, one a suspect in the Mumbai terror attack, were arrested in Zimbabwe as they tried to enter South Africa, a media report said Saturday. But a South African police officer denied they were terrorists.
Zimbabwean police said 33-year-old Imran Muhammad, wanted in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attack, was arrested near the Beitbridge border post, the Herald newspaper said.
He was travelling with another Pakistani national, Chaudry Parvez Ahmed, 33, Radio France Internationale (RFI) quoted the Herald as saying.
15 die in US drone attack in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : The toll in a US drone attack in northwest Pakistan has risen to 15, after 11 people succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, Xinhua reported.
Four people died on the spot and several were injured when missiles hit a house in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area Friday.
This was the second drone attack in the area in two days. On Thursday, three people were killed in a similar attack.
The US has intensified drone attacks against militants in North Waziristan in recent months.
Badruddin Ajmal losing grip on party MLAs, cross-voting helps Cong
By Manzar Bilal, TowCircles.net,
Patna: It seems that All India United Democratic Front of perfume baron and MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal is losing grip on the party MLAs in Assam. The cross-voting of AIUDF MLAs and some other Opposition MLAs helped Congress win two Rajya Sabha seats from the state two days ago. AIUDF, however, has alleged Congress of using money power to win the seats.
Rich tributes paid to the youngest photographer of Kashmir
By Mir Umar, Agence India Press
Srinagar: On Sunday, 5th of September, Agence India Press remembered the youngest photographer of Kashmir, Allah Rakha Khan, on his first death anniversary.
After a short inning of clicking some fantastic pictures and winning hearts of people in a very short duration, Khan passed away, at the age of 18.
It was on this date, 5th September, when Khan was going to Dargah Hazratbal to cover Shab-e-Qadar. He was killed by a speedy tipper near Munwarabad link road, when it was
running on wrong side of the road,
Kanhaiya: From the cauldron of secession charges, a leader is born
By Sarwar Kashani
New Delhi: On a dark Thursday night in the noisy JNU campus, when Kanhaiya Kumar called for “azaadi”, the student leader little...
Reflections: The year gone by; the challenges ahead
By Jaspal Singh for Twocircles.net
Great and astonishing changes are taking placing in the world. The modern world that was brought into being by European...
Two arrested for opening fire at policeman, traders
By IANS,
New Delhi: Two men were arrested Thursday for opening fire at policemen and traders who tried to apprehend them for passing obscene remarks at women in a market in east Delhi Tuesday, police said.
Imran Khan, 25, and Mohamed Imran, 24, were arrested from south Delhi, following a tip-off from a source.
The two were passing lewd remarks on women in the Lal Quarter market of Krishna Nagar Tuesday when traders complained about them to police. They opened fire when stopped by head constable Mahender Narain.
No Al Qaeda in Kashmir: army
By IANS
Udhampur : A senior commander of the Indian Army Sunday ruled out presence of global terror network Al Qaeda in Jammu and Kashmir, saying there was "no evidence" to prove such claims.
Naqvi differs with BJP over Taslima issue
By Faraz Ahmad, IANS
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Tuesday criticised Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and struck a jarring note on the issue indicating a deep divide in his party.
Speaking to IANS, Naqvi condemned the controversial author for her allegedly anti-Islam writings and did not favour India giving her political asylum.
He said that Nasreen be treated "the same way" as noted Indian painter M.F. Husain.
Tension in Haryana village after church attack; 14 booked
Chandigarh : Tension prevailed in a village in Haryana's Hisar district on Monday after an under construction church was attacked and vandalised by miscreants...
Pakistan opposition splits after Lal Masjid operation
By IANS
Lahore/London : The military operation at Islamabad's Lal Masjid has split Pakistan's opposition into two.
A new alliance has been formed in which the position of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is uncertain. Its chief, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has been accused of supporting President Pervez Musharraf, who ordered the operation at Lal Masjid.
Nandigram in focus in West Bengal by-polls
By Soudhriti Bhabani, IANS,
Kolkata : All eyes are on trouble-torn Nandigram of West Bengal as it holds a by-election to the state assembly Jan 5, with prolonged violence in 2007 and 2008 over land acquisition fresh on everyone's minds.
Nerves are so taut in the state administration that this by-poll and another have been deferred from the original date last Saturday because not enough central paramilitary forces to ensure peaceful polls arrived on time.
Four children burnt to death in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Four children were burnt to death in Jharkhand's Giridh district Saturday, police said.
According to the police, a fire broke out in the house...
A report of the Sir Syed Day in the San Francisco Bay Area
By Ras H. Siddiqui
The Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Northern California (AMUAA) held its 19th Sir...
Low literacy level among Muslims worrying: Ansari
By IANS
New Delhi : Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Tuesday expressed concern over the low literacy level among Muslims, and exhorted the community to confront the evil of ignorance by focusing on "autonomous correction of social customs hampering progress".